East Asia Tibet Airlines orders 40 C919, 10 ARJ21 jets from China's COMAC

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Tibet Airlines orders 40 C919, 10 ARJ21 jets from China's COMAC​

Reuters
December 17, 20236:12 PM GMT+8Updated 2 months ago

BEIJING, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Tibet Airlines signed a deal on Sunday with Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) to jointly research a variant of China's narrow-body C919 jet suitable for high-altitude plateaus.

The deal will help develop domestically made passenger jets and safeguard national security and border stability, Tibet Airlines said in a statement on its WeChat account, citing the Tibet region's vice-chairman, Wei Xiuchang.

No timeframe was given for the new variant development.

State-backed COMAC recently showcased two variants of C919 - a stretched model and a shortened one fit for plateaus - at an aviation exhibition in Shanghai, Chinese media reports said.
The C919 is being touted as a rival to the Airbus (AIR.PA) A320neo and Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX single-aisle jet families.